Lighting Outline


Lighting Basics

Types of lights again
-ambient/point
-directional
-spot
-volume

Using Color and Mixing Color
-painting with color
-color and texture
-Color and depth
-Warm and Cool Colors
-Color Wheel/Complimentary Colors
-decay

-night lighting vs day lighting
-contrast, shadows, bounce, indirect
-natural vs synthetic lighting

Lighting
-motivation/purpose of each light
-off screen area
-color/brightness/softness/shape/angle
-purpose of shot and mood/story
-believable lighting
-enhancing shaders/fx
-directing the viewers attention

Specifics for Scene
-Composition
-Rule of Thirds
-Dominant lines
-angles/viewpoints
-positive/negative space
-modeling with light